Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-20 | Page 7 | Fancy Boxes Make Ideal Christmas Gifts

F Fancy alley Boxes Make Ide Ideal l Christmas Gifts I r F S 5 I 4 i 4 a. a 5 S 5 S a 4 5 5 ii Th Z r In the modern schema of home decoration fan fancy y boxes a and d baskets have many places and they naturally naturally ally suggest themselves as ideal Christmas gifts Some SomeI I of the most attractive boxes seen at the smartest shops have an inverted lampshade for a foundation The sew sewing nf basket et il ii- ii is of this origin To TOmake make it you take tale a wife lamp shade and cover it with with- with seam seam binding as you rou tin t J 5 h would if you ou were going to make a alamp alamp lamp shade Then put in a cardboard bottom and line the basket with red satin and cover the outside with theatrical cal gauze It may be sewed or glued into place CARDBOARD TOP Cut a cardboard top to fit over the top lop op and nd form a cover covet and cover it like the shade fastening it at atthe atthe atthe the back with a red ribbon bow using another ribbon bow on the top for a handle Then catch strips of of- black of-black black velvet on the outside of the cover for Inserting Inserting In Inserting In- In sewing articles such as scissors thimble and thread Cover Coverall all the seams and edges with galoon Another type ol basket of basket begins with an shade covered cov coy ered as the first with seam binding Then a 0 taffeta ll lining fn Is pleated ted to the frame each pleat being caught at the top and the bottom All AU the edges are bound and silk pockets added for fot are holding sewIng sewing sew sew- ing accessories This is Is- very attractive at at- at attractive Jn in in rose colored silk and gold braid I I POWDER CONTAINER CONTAINER- A glass bowl with a a. flat top flat top may nay be covered cohered with fancy on the outside to make mak a powder container that tha t would gr grace cc any dressing table Plain and figured ribbons ribbons' are used the plain ribbon being put on with overlapping edges and the fancy used to make the cover de de- de sign If you like you can make the top toi of cardboard covered like Ilke the bowl Instead of ot the glass cover This can be made easier with paste than with th thread ad A box for the library table may be evolved e from an empty wood or pasteboard or even tin box Heavy tan is linens glued over the foundation and the edges are bound with ribbon S A design for the center can b be cut f from om a piece of cretonne and ap ap- ap plied with glue giue A monogram would be lie equally effective 1